The civil rights movement in India has emerged as an autonomous voice in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights of our people. The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, is one such organisation. It came into existence in 1977 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, PUCLDR, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.
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मृत अतः दोषी : भवानीपुर में फर्जी मुठभेड़
इस रिपोर्ट में पुलिस द्वारा पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश, जिला मिर्ज़ापुर के भवानीपुर गाँव में तथाकथित मुटभेड़ में 16 लोगों की हत्या की जांच करते हुए इस काण्ड में पुलिस के दोष व इन हत्याओं के बाद गाँव के लोगों पर उसके दमनकारी रव्वैये को उजागर करती है| रिपोर्ट अपनी जांच के अनुसार...
Dead. Hence Guilty: “Encounter” at Bhawanipur and its Aftermath
On 9 March, 2001, the day of holi, 16 people were killed in Bhawanipur village, under Madihan Police Station, Mirzapur district, eastern Uttar Pradesh. Bhawanipur is located at a distance of about 60 k.m. from Mirzapur city which lies on the south bank of the river...
Dead Men’s Tales: Death in Police Custody, Delhi 2000
This year there have been 9 deaths in the custody of the Delhi Police and 1 in the custody of the CBI, which we have investigated. Of the 9 deaths in police custody, 4 have been explained away as suicides and 3 have been attributed to public beating. In the remaining...
Reality and Law Seldom Meet: A Critique of the Supreme Court Judgment on the Narmada Dam
This report presents a critique of the Supreme Court judgment on the Narmada dam. The people's struggle against the Sardar Sarovar dam began in 1980 with Nimad Bachao Andolan. This was joined by other organizations and subsequently led to the formation of the Narmada...
Bloody Sunday: Brutal Attack on Jamia Students
On Sunday, 9 April 2000, perhaps one of the worst-ever incidents of police terror against students since the Emergency took place at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. A four-member team of PUDR carried out a fact-finding investigation into the incident and its...
Latest Press Statements
Banned and Damned to Death: Press Statement on Custodial Killings of SIMI Undertrials
On the morning of 31st October eight male Muslim undertrials- Amjad Khan, Mehboob alias Guddu, Zakir Hussain, Mohammad Salik, Akeel Khilji, Mohammad Khalid, Mujeeb Shaikh, Majid- all accused in SIMI related cases, were brutally shot dead by the Madhya Pradesh (MP)...
Why we stand in solidarity with the Kashmiri People’s demand for the Right to Self-determination?
On 27th October 2016 several organisations in Delhi came together in protest at Jantar Mantar demanding restoration of civil liberties and democratic rights in Kashmir. People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) affirms its solidarity with the people of Kashmir who...
From Burning Villages to Burning Effigies
PUDR strongly condemns the burning of the effigies of activists and a journalist by the Chhatissgarh Auxiliary police force across Bastar in a widely publicised ‘offical protest on 24th October. This show of strength by state forces against civilians was the latest...
Support Honda Workers’ Fundamental Right to Organise!
PUDR has long held that the right to form a Trade Union and engage in collective bargaining is a fundamental right under Article 19(1)c of the Indian Constitution- Freedom to form a union or association. This right is necessary if workers are to have any chance to...
हौंडा मज़दूरों के यूनियन बनाने के मूल अधिकार का समर्थन!
पीयूडीआर ने हमेशा माना है की यूनियन बनाने का अधिकार और सामूहिकसमझौता संविधान के अनुच्छेद 19(1)(c) के तेहत एक मूल अधिकार है | यह अधिकार मज़दूरों को अपनी परेशानियां रखने और मैनेजमेंट के खिलाफ आवाज़ उठाने के लिए ज़रूरी है | जब भी मज़दूर एकजुट होने की कोशिश करते हैं,...